Dvorak's 7th SYmphony was premiered in Piccadilly [UK!} on April 22, 1885 with the composer conducting...Corigliano's "Red Violin" comes more than 100 years later, his original ideas from 1998, then the concert work from 2003.

The Cooper International Competition is held annually and presents monetary prizes for violin performace and piano performance. Started in 1985, the competition gained it's [new] title (Cooper) in 2010 due to the generosity of the Coopers (Thomas and Evon).

Dame Mitsuko has been playing and conducting the Mozart piano concertos from the keyboard for much of her life, most recently with the Cleveland Orchestra in recent recordings and here with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.